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[ddaniels]

Since were getting close to Xmas here is my memory of Xmas as a youth.

Xmas of '80 I was shocked to realize my parents got me an Intellivision. If I recall my dad paid something like $300 for it. I was the most popular kid in school at that time as no one and I mean no one in my class had one although a few friends did have an Atari 2600. Everyone wanted to come over and see it. Fun days.

Xmas of '83 I was once again shocked when I received a Commodore 64 which I also believe costed around $300.

My reasons for being shocked was the price tag these systems carried at that time and considering we weren't rich I really appreciated my parents generousity.

Share some of your Xmas stories

[save2600]

Late 70's - Radio Shack T.V. Scoreboard from Santa
Early 80's - Atari 2600 from Santa
Mid 80's - Amiga 1000 (split the cost 50/50 with Santa, LOL!)

[Ransom]

For Christmas, I received:

A Telstar Arcade sometime in the late 70s.
An Atari Video Computer System in 1980.

The rest were either birthday presents, or something I bought myself.

[brojamfootball]

My dad got me and my brother(and himself) a 2600 for Christmas in 1978 I think.
Only game system I ever got for Christmas.

[STICH666]

1992 - SNES
1996 - N64
1997 - PS1
1998 - Gameboy Color
2000 - PS2
2001 - GBA
2005 - 360

[DaytonaUSA]

1996..SNES

Yea, the freakin bastards got me an SNES in the Christmas of 96. It's been a great 13 years since of me just buying my own consoles haha.

[8th lutz]

Intellivision II - 1983, but I think I played it once and that's it.

Atari 7800 - 1989 & 1990
Nes - 1991
Genesis - 1992
32x- 1994
Sega Dreamcast - 2001 Got it as a Gift from my younger brother.
Atari Lynx - got it as gift from younger brother in 2005.
Sega Game Gear - Got it as a gift in 2007 from younger brother.

Other game systems I bought myself or I am a co owner of.

It is possible for someone to get game systems as an adult for Christmas gifts. My younger brother is video game player like I am and enjoys retro games.

Edited by 8th lutz, Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:39 PM.

[Sgt.Pepper1983]

My grandparents got me a snes for Christmas 1991.

[nashnooga]

Not sure the years but;

NES
Gameboy (phat)
Gameboy light
R-zone
N64!!!!

[BydoEmpire]

Family got an Intellivision around '81 or '82. I forget the exact year, but it was awesome. I also got an Apple 2c for Christmas around '87 or so, which was cool because I could start programming more seriously. Before that it was just intermittent in the school computer lab.

[The_Laird]

I got both my Atari 2600 and my Sega Megadrive as xmas presents although I can't remember the year.

The Atari 2600 came with Centipede and 2 Joysticks and my Dad also got me Defender 2 and my brother Crossbow which were both excellent games so we were very happy.

My Megadrive came with Sonic and Streets Of Rage which certainly got alot of play.

[atarian63]

Sadly None, my parents were too cheap. Probably why I buy so many for myself now!

[RickO2]

Odyssey2
SNES
RetroDuo
Wii

[EMZayas]

I can't remember when we got our SNES, if it was on X-mas or not. But these I remember.

1998: Nintendo 64 w/ Goldeneye & Diddy Kong Racing
1999: Gameboy Color (Teal color) w/ Pokemon blue (and Yellow which me and my bro shared)
2000: Playstation (slim model) w/ WCW Mayhem, 007 Tomorrow Never Dies, and others which I forgot
2004: Nintendo DS w/ Spiderman2 & Mario 64 DS
2005: Gameboy Micro
2006: Atari 2600 (A little too late, but better late than never. I enjoyed it greatly)

[Video]

Most of my stuff, I got either as a handmedown, or bought myself. (anything post 95 I pretty much bought myself)

But in 1993, the SNES had been out a while, but was still really cool. And That christmas, I finely got one, whatever the core unit with Super Mario World in it. I still have it, but it was damaged in a move, (apparently, instead of "smokers yellow" syndrome, mine was really brittle) Still works, but the back half of the shell is busted all to hell. Still got the box and controllers too (though they have been cleaned so many times, the carbon dots are pretty much gone now)

And in 95, I got an NES (yeah, I got the NES after the SNES) I was crazy about Mario, and apparently, they weren't gong to make any more for the SNES, so I got the toploader NES that year, with th MVO port on it (which everyone SWEARS they never had) Still have that, but like a dumbass, I let someone borrow one of the controllers so I only have one of the dogbones...though to be honest, I play with the trtaditional square controllers, their easier to come by, cheaper, and felt more "right" to me. The dogbonse just feel cheap and are to small IMO.

That's about it, though not a console, I did get a computer in 97, I still have that too, with all 4 gigs of HDD space and like a 133mhz processor (I think) Wasn't top of the line back then, but it wasn't the cheapest either IIRC (and in 98, when we got Windows 9*, I got a copy of that for christmas.

[Vic George 2K3]

Atari 2600 in 1981. Not just for me, but for my family. Got Space Invaders a day or so later.

[doubleminor]

I'm in the precarious situation of being in a blended family (and splitting time between mom and dad), so there was at least one Christmas that I got a console as a gift twice in the same year.

1987 - NES at dad's

1992 - SNES at mom and dad's (the SNES at dad's actually was a gift to me from his then-girlfriend. However, I was victimized and he exchanged it for a shotgun that I never used until turning 21. Mom still has the SNES she bought at her place)

[cybercylon]

I've never gotten a console for x-mas just to me from someone else. Even the 2600 I got in 1980 was purchased as a result of paper route money and a lot of mowed lawns.

My parents and now in-laws have gotten me many games over the years though. Too many to list.

In 2006, my son and I (mostly me) got a 360. We got it over the Wii even though he was only 7. He badly wanted PGR3 which he still plays.

This year, the family is getting a Wii. My son is getting Mario Cart.... I suspect I will probably get one of the rpgs I asked for or something for the 360.

Edited by cybercylon, Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:11 PM.

[Apok]

The years I'm not 100% sure on so this is an approximate, but I can always remember unboxing them!


91' or 92' I think I got an NES with a Super Mario Brothers and Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. I remember my dad used to play Super Mario Bros. after I went to bed and actually beat the game before I did! My parents gave it away on me after I got my Genesis

94' or 95' I think I got my Sega Genesis which I still have

99' I got my Sega Dreamcast which I also still have

2007 they gave me an Xbox which I unfortunately gave to an ex

[aftermac]

1987 - 2600 Jr.
1992 - SNES
2003? - PS2

[NightDriver2600]

SNES (I think, though it may have been a birthday gift. I can't remember for sure.)
N64
GBC
GBA

And I should be getting a Retro Duo this year.

[misspent_youth]

In 1982 my family got my one and only video game love, a ColecoVision. My parents also bought us the Expansion Model 1 (the VCS adapter) and a copy of Asteroids and Pac-man. I still have the receipts for those. It was a great Christmas.

[RickHarrisMaine]

My then-girlfriend, now wife got me a Gameboy in 1991. And a Wii in 2007.

and that's all for me.....

[darthkur]

Atari 2600 1980
NES 86 or 87

[atari2600land]

Since my birthday is in November, my parents got me a SNES for my birthday in 1991 and an N64 for my birthday in 1996. I have a picture of my sister opening an NES as a present in the Christmas of 1990 for us, but I don't remember that, so I would have to say the NES. Why they didn't get one for us sooner, I have no idea. Maybe the Commodore 64 we had was a Christmas present, I don't remember.